Marbrook Foundation: Grant for Arts

The Marbrook Foundation aims to support arts programs in the Twin Cities that promote cultural awareness and inclusion. It prioritizes projects that facilitate cross-cultural collaboration and showcase professional artists. Eligible organizations include 501(c)(3) nonprofits focusing on culturally specific and intercultural programming. The foundation does not fund youth arts education as a primary activity, start-up organizations, or individual grants. This initiative seeks to foster positive social impact through the arts.

The mission of Marbrook Foundation is to promote the values of the Brooks family by making grants and focusing involvement in designated charitable areas and causes that reflect those values.
Arts Programs
Marbrook Foundation will accept applications from arts programs and projects serving the Twin Cities metro area that provide culturally specific arts programming and/or intercultural arts programming.
Focus Areas
These are the Foundation’s priorities in the area of Arts with priority given to programs that share synergies between two or more of our grant-making focus areas:

• Projects and programs that foster cultural awareness and understanding
• Projects and programs that encourage cross-cultural collaboration, community integration, and inclusion
• Projects and programs that support work by professional artists

Eligibility

The Foundation will consider applications for:501(c)(3) charitable and fiscally sponsored organizations
Multi-year grants
General operating grantsThe Foundation will make grants to programs only in the seven-county metro area.Requirements:Project or program must include content that is culturally-specific (work representing a specific culture) and/or intercultural (collaborative work between individuals or groups representing different cultures)
A professional arts production, exhibit or showing for the general public in the Twin Cities metro area must be included. Wide-audience reach is prioritized
End result of project or program aimed at positive social impact and message for the greater community at large
Work Samples (exemplifying quality of work)The Foundation accepts no more than one proposal per year from each organization
After five consecutive years of giving to an organization, Marbrook will cease making grants to the organization for at least one year, per the Foundation’s phase-out policy.

Ineligibility

We will not fund:

Projects or programs providing arts access and/or education for youth as the primary activity; Start-up organizations;
Grants directly to individuals.